Jim Palmer - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) (born 1945). With a lifetime earned-run average (ERA) of 2.86, a 268-152 record, and 2,212 career strikeouts, U.S. pitcher Jim Palmer was selected in 1990 to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
Griffin, Georgia. Griffin is a city in and the county seat of Spalding County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 23,643. Griffin was founded in 1840 and named for landowner Col. Lewis Lawrence Griffin.
Byron is a city in Peach County, Georgia, United States. A small portion of the city extends into Houston County. The population was 2,887 at the 2000 census. The city is in the Macon metropolitan area. Byron is located at 32Â°38â²56â³N 83Â°45â²20â³W / 32.64889Â°N 83.75556Â°W / 32.64889; -83.75556 (32.648908, -83.755640).